In Retrospect

If I had the power, perhaps in an alternate timeline, the Top 40 would have been quite different...

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Number
1

The Great Beyond
R.E.M.
From the album: Man on the Moon (Soundtrack)
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
4
Number
2

Free to Go
Folk Implosion
From the album: One Part Lullaby
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
3 Up by 1

Waitin' for a Superman
The Flaming Lips
From the album: The Soft Bulletin
Peak
3
Weeks
14
Number
4 Up by 1

Child Psychology
Black Box Recorder
From the album: England Made Me
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
5 Up by 1

The Book of Love
The Magnetic Fields
From the album: 69 Love Songs
Peak
5
Weeks
9
Number
6 Up by 1

Thunderstorm
Matthew Sweet
From the album: In Reverse
Peak
6
Weeks
7
Number
7 Down by 4

Fire in My Heart
Super Furry Animals
From the album: Guerrilla
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
8 Up by 8

Fa Fa (Never Be the Same)
Guster
From the album: Lost and Gone Forever
Peak
8
Weeks
7
Number
9

Valentine
Old 97's
From the album: Fight Songs
Peak
5
Weeks
17
Number
10

Emergency! Emergency!
The Promise Ring
Peak
10
Weeks
12
Number
11

Hanginaround
Counting Crows
From the album: This Desert Life
Peak
11
Weeks
9
Number
12

Fortified Grapes
Gordon (the band)
Peak
12
Weeks
19
Number
13

Barrel of a Gun
Guster
From the album: Lost and Gone Forever
Peak
13
Weeks
12
Number
14 Down by 6

The Frug
Rilo Kiley
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
15

Via Chicago
Wilco
From the album: Summerteeth
Peak
15
Weeks
11
Number
16 Up by 5

Millennium Blues
Matthew Sweet
From the album: In Reverse
Peak
16
Weeks
8
Number
17 Up by 1

Muscle Museum
Muse
From the album: Showbiz
Peak
17
Weeks
10
Number
18 Up by 6

All My Little Words
The Magnetic Fields
From the album: 69 Love Songs
Peak
18
Weeks
7
Number
19 Up by 7

Our Generation
Marcy Playground
From the album: Shapeshifter
Peak
19
Weeks
5
Number
20 Up by 7

America
Marcy Playground
From the album: Shapeshifter
Peak
20
Weeks
5
Number
21 Up by 1

Seven
David Bowie
From the album: 'hours...'
Peak
21
Weeks
10
Number
22 Up by 3

I Saved the World Today
Eurythmics
From the album: Peace
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
23 Down by 9

Shower Your Love
Kula Shaker
Peak
4
Weeks
20
Number
24 Up by 7

All The Way Up To Heaven
Guster
From the album: Lost and Gone Forever
Peak
24
Weeks
4
Number
25 Up by 4

Back to the Party
The Push Stars
From the album: After the Party
Peak
25
Weeks
6
Number
26 Down by 9

Don't Change Your Plans
Ben Folds Five
From the album: The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
27 Up by 3

Lost in Space
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Utopia Parkway
Peak
27
Weeks
7
Number
28

It's Saturday
Marcy Playground
From the album: Shapeshifter
Peak
28
Weeks
9
Number
29 Down by 9

Natalie's Party
Shack
Peak
18
Weeks
17
Number
30 Up by 3

Could Be Worse
Gordon (the band)
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
31 Up by 3

It's Only the End of the World
Black Box Recorder
From the album: England Made Me
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Down by 13

Sucks to Be You
Prozzäk
Peak
14
Weeks
18
Number
33 Up by 2

The Day the World Went Away
Nine Inch Nails
From the album: The Fragile
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
34 Down by 11

Mexican God
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Peak
20
Weeks
19
Number
35 Up by 5

Take a Picture
Filter
From the album: Title of Record
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Debut

You Turn The Screws
Cake
From the album: Prolonging the Magic
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Down by 5

Let Forever Be
The Chemical Brothers featuring Noel Gallagher
From the album: Surrender
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
38 Debut

Beware My Love
Matthew Sweet
From the album: In Reverse
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 2

Strawberryfire
The Apples in Stereo
From the album: Her Wallpaper Reverie
Peak
9
Weeks
21
Number
40 Down by 5

Jagged
Old 97's
From the album: Fight Songs
Peak
4
Weeks
31

Dropouts

Number
38 Dropout

Dogs Got a Bone
The Beta Band
From the album: The Three E.P.'s
Peak
19
Weeks
20
Number
39 Dropout

Red Dragon Tattoo
Fountains of Wayne
From the album: Utopia Parkway
Peak
24
Weeks
15

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Date

December 4, 1999

Songs

40

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1 1 R.E.M. – “The Great Beyond” 1(×2) 4

2 2 Folk Implosion – “Free to Go” 1(×2) 13

4 3 The Flaming Lips – “Waitin' for a Superman” 3 14

5 4 Black Box Recorder – “Child Psychology” 4 14

6 5 The Magnetic Fields – “The Book of Love” 5 9

7 6 Matthew Sweet – “Thunderstorm” 6 7

3 7 Super Furry Animals – “Fire in My Heart” 1(×3) 16

16 8 Guster – “Fa Fa (Never Be the Same)” 8 7

9 9 Old 97's – “Valentine” 5 17

10 10 The Promise Ring – “Emergency! Emergency!” 10 12

11 11 Counting Crows – “Hanginaround” 11 9

12 12 Gordon (the band) – “Fortified Grapes” 12 19

13 13 Guster – “Barrel of a Gun” 13 12

8 14 Rilo Kiley – “The Frug” 1(×1) 20

15 15 Wilco – “Via Chicago” 15 11

21 16 Matthew Sweet – “Millennium Blues” 16 8

18 17 Muse – “Muscle Museum” 17 10

24 18 The Magnetic Fields – “All My Little Words” 18 7

26 19 Marcy Playground – “Our Generation” 19 5

27 20 Marcy Playground – “America” 20 5

22 21 David Bowie – “Seven” 21 10

25 22 Eurythmics – “I Saved the World Today” 22 5

14 23 Kula Shaker – “Shower Your Love” 4 20

31 24 Guster – “All The Way Up To Heaven” 24 4

29 25 The Push Stars – “Back to the Party” 25 6

17 26 Ben Folds Five – “Don't Change Your Plans” 1(×2) 22

30 27 Fountains of Wayne – “Lost in Space” 27 7

28 28 Marcy Playground – “It's Saturday” 28 9

20 29 Shack – “Natalie's Party” 18 17

33 30 Gordon (the band) – “Could Be Worse” 30 3

34 31 Black Box Recorder – “It's Only the End of the World” 31 3

19 32 Prozzäk – “Sucks to Be You” 14 18

35 33 Nine Inch Nails – “The Day the World Went Away” 33 5

23 34 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “Mexican God” 20 19

40 35 Filter – “Take a Picture” 35 2

NE 36 Cake – “You Turn The Screws” 36 1

32 37 The Chemical Brothers ft. Noel Gallagher – “Let Forever Be” 1(×5) 29

NE 38 Matthew Sweet – “Beware My Love” 38 1

37 39 The Apples in Stereo – “Strawberryfire” 9 21

35 40 Old 97's – “Jagged” 4 31

DROPOUTS:

38 -- The Beta Band – “Dogs Got a Bone” 19 20

39 -- Fountains of Wayne – “Red Dragon Tattoo” 24 15

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